PRESIDENT KOROMA WARMLY RECEIVED IN KUWAIT Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and his accompanying delegation have just arrived in Kuwait city to attend the Third Africa Arab Summit scheduled to take place on 19th and 20th November, 2013. According to Jarrah Kawusu Konteh of State House Communications Unit, the President was received by His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait at the Amiri International Airport of the State of Kuwait. “He was introduced by the Emir to members of the Kuwaiti government before leaving for the Regency Hotel where the president and delegation will stay throughout the Summit,“ Jarrah reported on social media a few minutes after the President and team jet in Kuwait. In my brief phone interview last night with Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister, Dr. Samura Kamara, the Summit in the State of Kuwait is expected to discuss the possibility of creating an Arab-African common market. Dr. Kamara who joined Arab and African foreign ministers in the oil-rich Gulf State on Sunday, 17th November, 2013 says that their meeting hopes to accelerate a strategy to bolster economic cooperation, trade and investment ahead of the summit this week. Organizers of the Summit say they expect thirty-four heads of state, seven vice-presidents and three heads of government to attend, which will bring together 71 countries and organizations. Abdulai Bayratay is the National Publicity and Outreach Coordinator in the Office of Government Spokesman and he’s currently in Kuwait attending on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone. He says the theme of the conference, “partners in development and investment” clearly resonates with President Koroma and his government’s “agenda for prosperity” – an agenda founded on the principles of attracting direct foreign investment, food security and the harnessing of the country’s natural resources to promote better living standards of Sierra Leoneans thereby positioning Sierra Leone towards the path of attaining middle income status by 2035. Photo credit : Jarrah Kawusu Konte of State House Communications Unit
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:34:45 +0000
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